Commutation or multiple-ride ticket collector.



J. M. JOHNSON.

COMMUTATION 0R MULTIPLE RIDE TICKET COLLECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED 05c. 18. I911.

1,1.H' ,313'. Patented July '6, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET l- J. M. JOHNSON. I COMMUTATION 0R MULTIPLERIDE TICKET COLLECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 18. 1911- Patented Jul 6, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2- u 7.9 m z 5525 T- EEEQ EME- J. M. JOHNSON. COMMUTATiON on MULTIPLE RIDE TICKET COLLECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 18, 191 1- Patented July 6, 1915.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3-- UNITE STATE JAY JoHNsoN, or CHICAGQILLINOISJ.

GOMMUTATION OR MULTIPLE-RIDE TICKET COLLECTO'IQ,

1,145,313. 'Specificat i i .To aZZ'wZwm it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAY M. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Commuta-j tion or Multiple-Ride Ticket Collectors; and

; I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, andexact descriptionof the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the'numbers of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

The object of, this invention is to afford a cutting and'collecting mechanism for tickets, whereby the single ride ticket cutfrom'a commutation multiple ride ticket or transfer ticket, is collected and preserved for in: specti'on' of the accounting oflicers and are turned in at the same time cash fares are turned in. 7

Itis alsoan object of the invention, to

"afford a ticket register in connectionfwith such a ticket collecting mechanism whereby the number of rides on such tickets .will be clearly indicated and must coincide with the number of such tickets delivered to the accounting oflicers at the endof the run.

The invention is shownin connection with a street railway farebox and register such,

vice embodying my invention,-with the op erating lever broken away. Fig.4 is a simi: larside elevation with one 'wall of the casing and the operating lever removed. Fig. 5' is a section on line 5-5 of Fig; 4:. Fig. 6f'is a section on line -66of Fig. 5. Fig. is a section taken on line 77 of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the ticket collector and register, showing the same removed from the fare box. Fig. 9 isa face view of a ticketadapted for use in connection with a ticket collect'ora'nd register embodying my invention v -As shown in the drawings: 1, indicates the fare .box, which may be, .offcourse, ,of

on of LettersPatent. Patented J11 A ppl'icationfiledDecemher 18, 1911. s rialin). 666,387. v s I any suitablekind, and which is provided in one side conveniently with a drawer 2', to receive thecash fares deposited, and in the opposite sidethereof is provided with :a' drawer 3, toreceive the tickets collected.-

at one side thereof, isia chute 4,"of suflicient size to permit the collected tickets to fall therethrough to the drawer 3. Mounted'upon thefare box inregister with the chute isa female die member 5, and, asshowmthe' back wall 6, of said female die member extends upwa'rdly above the plane of saidinember, and affords a rear g' uidefor themaIediememher 7. Ass'h'own, said female die/member at the back wall thereof,'is constructed item sufliciently heavy "stock to permit said back wall to be milled or otherwise shaped or formed toaiford at each side thereof, fore wardlyprojecting side; walls 8 ,"for the male die member 7, and rigidlyibolted thereto is a suitably shaped 'frontjguide" wall, ,which may be milled "or otherwise constructedjto afiord side walls integral therewith in fa familiar manner. [so that when"boltedfito gether,,the male die member is, slidably 'supported between saidfront, rear andflside walls, which serve as. guides therefor, insuring precision of movement. Said: male jdie member 7, is" provided near its upper end with ,a horizontal slot extending from' the front side thereinto, and a recess concentric therewith on each side thereof,,and a crank 10, provided. with acrankfshaft 11, therein,

is journaled between theiside guidewalls,

as'shown in Figs. it andi 6, with said crank extending into said slot in themale die mem: her, and a cover plate 12,:is recessed into the face of said .male die member to'cover said slot, .as shown in FigQfZ. A'lever 13,. is

rigidly. engaged on one end'of said shaft 10,

for manual actuation, to operate said male die member in cuttingthetickets, andltse cured on the opposite end-of said shaft,fi s

a' longitudlnally slotted crank arm .1 4=,in

which isengageda pin 15, secured on a'lever 16,,rigidly engaged on theshaft 17, of a reg? ister, which maybe of the 'Veeder type, and which is actuated through the medium of any. suitableratchet and pawl in a familiar manner by'the actuation ofsaid lever 16,

by;,the crankshaft to register '1 on the veeder, with; each full movement offlthe' hand lever, and as shown, stops 18 and19, arenprovided on the veeder casing,

so Extending through the top of'thefare box sitifilcted as preferred.

the throw of the lever 16, to cause the veeder to register one with each actuation of said hand lever. A stop or gage :20, is provided. on the female die member in alinement with the side of the male die member, as shown in Fig. 6, to serve as a gage to limit the inserztion of the ticket .to a single ride space.

As shown, a leaf spring 21, is securedv on the under side of the male die member 7, with the free rnargin thereof directed downwardlyand towardsaid gage 20, ,so that as the ticket is inserted into place between said die members, :said leaf spring engaging thereon holds the same down upon the fjemaledie ,member.

Secured on the crank shaft adjacent the operating levergl3, is a downwardly directed leiier'for arin 22, and engaged on the extremit of the armby one iof its ends, is a torsionspring23, \vhichiscoi1ed about said crank shaft jand the other end thereof is ag d n 'wus supp for i stanca pne of the ,guideavalls for the male die member, said "torsion spring being I so arranged and Idisposedto throw the die upwardly anl' the actuating lever to normal after each actuation of the die. The cutting faces of the die members may be coni As shown, it metallic casing 24, incloses th e e a r a a a i h greet par-(ts th reoflexeept ns t d l ve and eXtends QWnWardly to near the lower end i h fm ldie m mb r in agtish casing 3 6 p clu th .eperf tor int f i g or tampering with the 'veeder or register. aid pa ses a s n i Pr vi w a slot in thetop thereofto permit the reading 0 taken from said register .as required. ljtfigidly secured on said casing in position ,to the throw of said lever, is an inclined stop 25, and secured within the casing in pester t en a e t end of the lever 2 atltherearward limit of movement of said ha d ev fi el 2 operation is as follows: The ticket illustrated in "Fig. ,9, s provided with closely arranged, "marginal portions adapted fto be cut therefrom, and each appropriated toia single ride, or, if preferred, to aride to a-transfer' point." The car bearing such ticket s fis 'received by the collector, is inserted -'beneath andIinto the die, to bring the edge thereof against the gage or stop 20, :with the inner margin of the I card hearing against "the back guide -wall for the rid-ale 'die member. WhenYt-he lever 13, is actuated, the ride ticketas cut from said card and falls through said chute and into the "d1"awer'in the fare box appropriated therefor. "Each actuation of the lever 13, also gactuate'sthe veeder, which is directly connected with said crank shaft through rhe mediumiof theslotted arm 14/ Such aetu afii'onliof the easier, *however, is limited ready.

to sufficient movement to merely register one thereon.

At the end of the trip or run, the fares and tickets are removed from their respective drawers and the registers for each is Obviously, the number of tickets in said drawer must coincide with the number indicated by the register, as must the number of fares in the cash fare drawer coincide with the number indicated on its register. In this manner reliable and certain check is kept upon the collector or conductor and dishonesty detected. Of course, it isto be understood that the ticket and the cash fare drawers are provided with suitable locks 27, to prevent the collector or conductor having access to the contents of said drawers.

I am, of course, aware that details of the construction may be varied through a wide range. However, I have described but a preferred form of my invention. I there fore do not purpose limiting the patent to be granted on this application otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A. ,device of the class described embracing a receptacle, a ticket cutter comprising fixed and movabledies mounted thereon to deliver thereinto, a crank shaft extending through one of said dies for operating the same, one of said dies slidable within the other, said fixed die affording a stop to limit the insertion of a ticket in one direction, and a stop secured on said fixed die to limit the insertion of a ticket in another direction. N

Afdevice of the class described comprising a ticket'cutter and collector to receivethe cut tickets, male and female cutters, the former slidable in the latter to cut a ticket on only two edges, a crank shaft extending through the slidable cutter, and a handle connected thereto to actuate the same, stops for limiting the movement of the ticket in two directions when inserted.

8. *In a device of the class described a cutter adapted -to cut single ride tickets from a multiple ride ticket, means for actuating said cutter and register simultaneously, and stops 'for limiting the insertion of the multiple ride ticket to permit only the insertion of the multiple ride ticket in one direction, means secured on said female die to limit the insertion thereof in another direction, and manually operated means for actuating the cutter.

5. A device of the. class described embracing a fare box, a receptacle therein for tickets, a manually operated male cutter, a female cutter affording upwardly extending guides for the former, said cutters mounted .on the fare box and adapted to cut single ride tickets from multiple ride tickets, means permitting the insertionof the multiple ride ticket from the front and side of the device, means limiting the insertion In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed-my name in the presence of two subscribing wltnesses.

lVitnesses CHARLES W. HILLS, Jr, GEORGE R. MOORE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, 1).0. 3

JAY M. JOHNSON, 

